Hi Everyone,
I’m not sure if this is the right forum to put this but I have a brand new bottle of Itrafungal 10mg oral solution (unopened) which I’d like to give to a sanctuary or rescue if they could make use of it.
My 7yr old piggy Ziggy was about to start threatment for a fungal infection but sadly passed away the day before the medicine arrived. It cost £47 but I don’t want anything for it, I’d be happy knowing it could help a rescue piggy in need of it. I can post it out to anywhere in UK.
Hi
What a wonderful thought!
I am ever so sorry for losing your Ziggy. He lived to a good age thanks to your obvious care and love; but of course you have so many more threads and memories that tie you together closely in your heart that you feel his absence so much more.
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Hartwells Homeless Small Animals Sanctuary in Northampton is a group of experienced previous rescue fosterers looking after small pets (including guinea pigs) and wild animals that need intensive care and rehabilitation that surpasses other rescues' capacities (including their local RSPCA); they do not rehome any animals directly and are therefore not much known.
But they are currently snowed under with an influx of rescued animals of different species in very bad state and are at or rather beyond their financial limit right now. Ringworm is a common problem in animals in very bad state, so your bottle would be most welcome.
Hartwells Homeless Small Animal & Wildlife Sanctuary
This was the place my highly pregnant Manon was rescued from in bad state last summer; she gave birth to four babies at the sanctuary but then developed ringworm - as well as her little daughter Maelona; I adopted Manon the white/ginger daughter just on the right of her a month later than planned via TEAS sanctuary once they were safely over their ringworm outbreak and the hair had grown back properly. Just for you to see what a difference their work behind the rescue scenes makes.
This is Manon and Maelona with their 'husboar' Macsen (another TEAS Sanctuary adoptee but not from Hartwells Homeless Sanctuary) now.
Alternatively, if you'd rather, The Excellent Adventure Sanctuary (TEAS) looks mainly after guinea pigs with chronic dental disease but does take in the odd surrender, like my vet surrendered Barri, who had been DIY treated wrongly for ringworm to the degree that the first vet finally seeing him wanted to pts him straight away; but the second vet his owner saw had him surrendered and referred him to TEAS where he made a full recovery nearly 5 years ago. Barri is still with me coming up to 6 years of age now! I adopted him so Barri could be seen by the sanctuary vet in case there were further ringworm or other health complication resulting from the initial worn application of itrafungol - the poor chap was in it!
As you can imagine, the vet cost in a sanctuary looking after very frail piggies needing regular dental care and other medical support for secondary complications are also sky high.
@furryfriends (TEAS)
